Anand Nayak is a Grammy-nominated producer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living in Florence, Massachusetts. Immersed in music at an early age, Anand was a natural leader in youth choirs and theater productions. Building on years of classical piano, he turned to the guitar as a teenager, teaching himself to play anything and everything he could. An equal love for acoustic and electric music kept him stylistically open in those formative years, an openness that has become the foundation for a unique ability to play with and enhance the music of a wide variety of musicians.
"It's remarkable so much talent should be condensed in one person. Anand Nayak shines in every role." - Pamela Means
Anand moved to the valley in the late 90's, where he met Mark Allan Miller, then the owner of the Slaughterhouse Recording Studio. Throughout the years they have collaborated on many different projects at Miller's current studio Sonelab, a joint venture with acclaimed engineer Justin Pizzoferrato.
"An engineer with impeccable ears. A skilled and soulful guitar player and multi-instrumentalist. A producer with great ideas who has all the tools to help you develop your own..." - Adam Dunetz
Anand has been the guitarist for folk band Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem since 2000, performing all over North America on stages large and small.
"He understands how songs work and makes everything he touches better." - Alastair Moock
He also performs and has toured with many artists including Polly Fiveash, May Erlewine, Jeffrey Foucault, Lui Collins, Alastair Moock, Heather Maloney, Pamela Means, Cloudbelly, Jim Eagan, Wishbone Zoe, and PBS Kids host Steve Roslonek (aka Stevesongs), along with other acts from the pioneer valley.
"Anand Nayak is a natural musician, instinctive and inventive, and easy company on the road." - Jeffrey Foucault
Anand has produced, tracked or mixed for Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem, The Pixies, Alastair Moock, Stevesongs, Lui Collins, Judith Avers, Adam Dunetz, Maria Sangiolo, Wishbone Zoe, And The Kids and many others. His work on Alastair’s “Singing Our Way Through” was nominated for a 2014 Grammy award. His work in family music has received multiple Parent’s Choice and Nappa awards for excellence.
“If we are lucky in life, we encounter brilliant minds that bring depth and courage to our art. Anand shares his brilliance with generosity and embodies a passion for music that is truly magical.” - May Erlewine